CVE-2009-0084

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0084
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-15 08:00:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-26 14:04:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MJPEG file or video stream with a malformed Huffman table, which triggers an exception that frees heap memory that is later accessed, aka "MJPEG Decompression Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Directx 8.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0a All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0b All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0c All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 8.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0a All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0b All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0c All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All pro_x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 pro_x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All pro_x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 pro_x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ASA-2009-132 (961373) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt MISC www.piotrbania.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
53632 OSVDB osvdb.org
Microsoft DirectX DirectShow MJPEG Video Decompression Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-104A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-011 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft DirectShow MJPEG Decompression Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Microsoft DirectX Bug in Decompressing DirectShow MJPEG Content Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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